diff --git a/bootstrapvz/base/fs/partitionmaps/gpt.py b/bootstrapvz/base/fs/partitionmaps/gpt.py
index c51571561..1dbd943db 100644
--- a/bootstrapvz/base/fs/partitionmaps/gpt.py
+++ b/bootstrapvz/base/fs/partitionmaps/gpt.py
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ def last_partition():
         if 'boot' in data:
             self.boot = GPTPartition(Sectors(data['boot']['size'], sector_size),
                                      data['boot']['filesystem'], data['boot'].get('format_command', None),
-                                     'boot', last_partition())
+                                     data['boot'].get('mountopts', None), 'boot', last_partition())
             if self.boot.previous is not None:
                 # No need to pad if this is the first partition
                 self.boot.pad_start += partition_gap
@@ -57,12 +57,23 @@ def last_partition():
 
         self.root = GPTPartition(Sectors(data['root']['size'], sector_size),
                                  data['root']['filesystem'], data['root'].get('format_command', None),
-                                 'root', last_partition())
+                                 data['root'].get('mountopts', None), 'root', last_partition())
         if self.root.previous is not None:
             self.root.pad_start += partition_gap
             self.root.size -= partition_gap
         self.partitions.append(self.root)
 
+        # Create all additional partitions
+        for partition in data:
+            if partition not in ["boot", "swap", "root", "type"] and not None:
+                part_tmp = GPTPartition(Sectors(data[partition]['size'], sector_size),
+                                        data[partition]['filesystem'], data[partition].get('format_command', None),
+                                        data[partition].get('mountopts', None), partition, last_partition())
+                part_tmp.pad_start += partition_gap
+                part_tmp.size -= partition_gap
+                setattr(self, partition, part_tmp)
+                self.partitions.append(part_tmp)
+
         if hasattr(self, 'grub_boot'):
             # Mark the grub partition as a bios_grub partition
             self.grub_boot.flags.append('bios_grub')
diff --git a/bootstrapvz/base/fs/partitionmaps/msdos.py b/bootstrapvz/base/fs/partitionmaps/msdos.py
index 22e53fd8a..ebc04cc2e 100644
--- a/bootstrapvz/base/fs/partitionmaps/msdos.py
+++ b/bootstrapvz/base/fs/partitionmaps/msdos.py
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 from abstract import AbstractPartitionMap
+from ..exceptions import PartitionError
 from ..partitions.msdos import MSDOSPartition
 from ..partitions.msdos_swap import MSDOSSwapPartition
 from bootstrapvz.common.tools import log_check_call
@@ -28,7 +29,7 @@ def last_partition():
         if 'boot' in data:
             self.boot = MSDOSPartition(Sectors(data['boot']['size'], sector_size),
                                        data['boot']['filesystem'], data['boot'].get('format_command', None),
-                                       last_partition())
+                                       data['boot'].get('mountopts', None), 'boot', last_partition())
             self.partitions.append(self.boot)
 
         # Offset all partitions by 1 sector.
@@ -46,12 +47,19 @@ def last_partition():
 
         self.root = MSDOSPartition(Sectors(data['root']['size'], sector_size),
                                    data['root']['filesystem'], data['root'].get('format_command', None),
-                                   last_partition())
+                                   data['root'].get('mountopts', None), 'root', last_partition())
         if self.root.previous is not None:
             self.root.pad_start += partition_gap
             self.root.size -= partition_gap
         self.partitions.append(self.root)
 
+        # Raise exception while trying to create additional partitions
+        # as its hard to calculate the actual size of the extended partition ATM
+        # And anyhow - we should go with GPT...
+        for partition in data:
+            if partition not in ["boot", "swap", "root", "type"]:
+                raise PartitionError("If you want to have additional partitions please use GPT partition scheme")
+
         # Mark boot as the boot partition, or root, if boot does not exist
         getattr(self, 'boot', self.root).flags.append('boot')
 
diff --git a/bootstrapvz/base/fs/partitionmaps/none.py b/bootstrapvz/base/fs/partitionmaps/none.py
index e73495ba9..18346bc34 100644
--- a/bootstrapvz/base/fs/partitionmaps/none.py
+++ b/bootstrapvz/base/fs/partitionmaps/none.py
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ def __init__(self, data, sector_size, bootloader):
 
         # In the NoPartitions partitions map we only have a single 'partition'
         self.root = SinglePartition(Sectors(data['root']['size'], sector_size),
-                                    data['root']['filesystem'], data['root'].get('format_command', None))
+                                    data['root']['filesystem'], data['root'].get('format_command', None), data['root'].get('mount_opts', None))
         self.partitions = [self.root]
 
     def is_blocking(self):
diff --git a/bootstrapvz/base/fs/partitions/abstract.py b/bootstrapvz/base/fs/partitions/abstract.py
index d2f18cc35..cbbad80d7 100644
--- a/bootstrapvz/base/fs/partitions/abstract.py
+++ b/bootstrapvz/base/fs/partitions/abstract.py
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ class AbstractPartition(FSMProxy):
               {'name': 'unmount', 'src': 'mounted', 'dst': 'formatted'},
               ]
 
-    def __init__(self, size, filesystem, format_command):
+    def __init__(self, size, filesystem, format_command, mountopts):
         """
         :param Bytes size: Size of the partition
         :param str filesystem: Filesystem the partition should be formatted with
@@ -28,6 +28,8 @@ def __init__(self, size, filesystem, format_command):
         self.size           = size
         self.filesystem     = filesystem
         self.format_command = format_command
+        # List of mount options
+        self.mountopts      = mountopts
         # Initialize the start & end padding to 0 sectors, may be changed later
         self.pad_start = Sectors(0, size.sector_size)
         self.pad_end = Sectors(0, size.sector_size)
@@ -80,7 +82,12 @@ def _before_format(self, e):
     def _before_mount(self, e):
         """Mount the partition
         """
-        log_check_call(['mount', '--types', self.filesystem, self.device_path, e.destination])
+        if self.mountopts is None:
+            mount_command = ['mount', '--types', self.filesystem, self.device_path, e.destination]
+        else:
+            mount_command = ['mount', '--options', ",".join(self.mountopts), '--types', self.filesystem, self.device_path, e.destination]
+        # Mount the partition
+        log_check_call(mount_command)
         self.mount_dir = e.destination
 
     def _after_mount(self, e):
diff --git a/bootstrapvz/base/fs/partitions/base.py b/bootstrapvz/base/fs/partitions/base.py
index 00d006368..76c8f3bcd 100644
--- a/bootstrapvz/base/fs/partitions/base.py
+++ b/bootstrapvz/base/fs/partitions/base.py
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ class BasePartition(AbstractPartition):
               {'name': 'unmap', 'src': 'mapped', 'dst': 'unmapped'},
               ]
 
-    def __init__(self, size, filesystem, format_command, previous):
+    def __init__(self, size, filesystem, format_command, mountopts, previous):
         """
         :param Bytes size: Size of the partition
         :param str filesystem: Filesystem the partition should be formatted with
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ def __init__(self, size, filesystem, format_command, previous):
         self.flags = []
         # Path to symlink in /dev/disk/by-uuid (manually maintained by this class)
         self.disk_by_uuid_path = None
-        super(BasePartition, self).__init__(size, filesystem, format_command)
+        super(BasePartition, self).__init__(size, filesystem, format_command, mountopts)
 
     def create(self, volume):
         """Creates the partition
diff --git a/bootstrapvz/base/fs/partitions/gpt.py b/bootstrapvz/base/fs/partitions/gpt.py
index c8b1f31a7..aa77b8ae4 100644
--- a/bootstrapvz/base/fs/partitions/gpt.py
+++ b/bootstrapvz/base/fs/partitions/gpt.py
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ class GPTPartition(BasePartition):
     """Represents a GPT partition
     """
 
-    def __init__(self, size, filesystem, format_command, name, previous):
+    def __init__(self, size, filesystem, format_command, mountopts, name, previous):
         """
         :param Bytes size: Size of the partition
         :param str filesystem: Filesystem the partition should be formatted with
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ def __init__(self, size, filesystem, format_command, name, previous):
         :param BasePartition previous: The partition that preceeds this one
         """
         self.name = name
-        super(GPTPartition, self).__init__(size, filesystem, format_command, previous)
+        super(GPTPartition, self).__init__(size, filesystem, format_command, mountopts, previous)
 
     def _before_create(self, e):
         # Create the partition and then set the name of the partition afterwards
diff --git a/bootstrapvz/base/fs/partitions/gpt_swap.py b/bootstrapvz/base/fs/partitions/gpt_swap.py
index 3dd2c5319..c7f7c28ed 100644
--- a/bootstrapvz/base/fs/partitions/gpt_swap.py
+++ b/bootstrapvz/base/fs/partitions/gpt_swap.py
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ def __init__(self, size, previous):
         :param Bytes size: Size of the partition
         :param BasePartition previous: The partition that preceeds this one
         """
-        super(GPTSwapPartition, self).__init__(size, 'swap', None, 'swap', previous)
+        super(GPTSwapPartition, self).__init__(size, 'swap', None, None, 'swap', previous)
 
     def _before_format(self, e):
         log_check_call(['mkswap', self.device_path])
diff --git a/bootstrapvz/base/fs/partitions/msdos.py b/bootstrapvz/base/fs/partitions/msdos.py
index ad1dd6d7f..90c0bf9f6 100644
--- a/bootstrapvz/base/fs/partitions/msdos.py
+++ b/bootstrapvz/base/fs/partitions/msdos.py
@@ -4,4 +4,13 @@
 class MSDOSPartition(BasePartition):
     """Represents an MS-DOS partition
     """
-    pass
+    def __init__(self, size, filesystem, format_command, mountopts, name, previous):
+        """
+        :param Bytes size: Size of the partition
+        :param str filesystem: Filesystem the partition should be formatted with
+        :param list format_command: Optional format command, valid variables are fs, device_path and size
+        :param str name: The name of the partition
+        :param BasePartition previous: The partition that preceeds this one
+        """
+        self.name = name
+        super(MSDOSPartition, self).__init__(size, filesystem, format_command, mountopts, previous)
diff --git a/bootstrapvz/base/fs/partitions/msdos_swap.py b/bootstrapvz/base/fs/partitions/msdos_swap.py
index 24c40d221..48afcfc37 100644
--- a/bootstrapvz/base/fs/partitions/msdos_swap.py
+++ b/bootstrapvz/base/fs/partitions/msdos_swap.py
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ def __init__(self, size, previous):
         :param Bytes size: Size of the partition
         :param BasePartition previous: The partition that preceeds this one
         """
-        super(MSDOSSwapPartition, self).__init__(size, 'swap', None, previous)
+        super(MSDOSSwapPartition, self).__init__(size, 'swap', None, None, 'swap', previous)
 
     def _before_format(self, e):
         log_check_call(['mkswap', self.device_path])
diff --git a/bootstrapvz/base/fs/partitions/unformatted.py b/bootstrapvz/base/fs/partitions/unformatted.py
index 73af32d1e..b71be9192 100644
--- a/bootstrapvz/base/fs/partitions/unformatted.py
+++ b/bootstrapvz/base/fs/partitions/unformatted.py
@@ -17,4 +17,4 @@ def __init__(self, size, previous):
         :param Bytes size: Size of the partition
         :param BasePartition previous: The partition that preceeds this one
         """
-        super(UnformattedPartition, self).__init__(size, None, None, previous)
+        super(UnformattedPartition, self).__init__(size, None, None, None, previous)
diff --git a/bootstrapvz/base/manifest-schema.yml b/bootstrapvz/base/manifest-schema.yml
index bf3bd899c..170cc2ba0 100644
--- a/bootstrapvz/base/manifest-schema.yml
+++ b/bootstrapvz/base/manifest-schema.yml
@@ -153,7 +153,7 @@ definitions:
     properties:
       root: {$ref: '#/definitions/partition'}
       type: {enum: [none]}
-    required: [root]
+    required: [type, root]
     additionalProperties: false
   partition:
     type: object
@@ -164,21 +164,25 @@ definitions:
         items: {type: string}
         minItems: 1
         type: array
+      mountopts:
+        items: {type: string}
+        minItems: 1
+        type: array
       size: {$ref: '#/definitions/bytes'}
     required: [size, filesystem]
     additionalProperties: false
   partition_table:
     type: object
+    patternProperties:
+      ^(?!type|swap).*: {$ref: '#/definitions/partition'}
     properties:
-      boot: {$ref: '#/definitions/partition'}
-      root: {$ref: '#/definitions/partition'}
       swap:
         type: object
         properties:
           size: {$ref: '#/definitions/bytes'}
         required: [size]
       type: {enum: [msdos, gpt]}
-    required: [root]
+    required: [type, root]
     additionalProperties: false
   path:
     type: string
diff --git a/bootstrapvz/common/task_groups.py b/bootstrapvz/common/task_groups.py
index e087d3373..89709dc5f 100644
--- a/bootstrapvz/common/task_groups.py
+++ b/bootstrapvz/common/task_groups.py
@@ -74,6 +74,7 @@ def get_base_group(manifest):
 
 mounting_group = [filesystem.CreateMountDir,
                   filesystem.MountRoot,
+                  filesystem.MountAdditional,
                   filesystem.MountSpecials,
                   filesystem.CopyMountTable,
                   filesystem.RemoveMountTable,
diff --git a/bootstrapvz/common/tasks/filesystem.py b/bootstrapvz/common/tasks/filesystem.py
index 014554f79..4fb73931a 100644
--- a/bootstrapvz/common/tasks/filesystem.py
+++ b/bootstrapvz/common/tasks/filesystem.py
@@ -99,6 +99,33 @@ def run(cls, info):
         p_map.root.add_mount(p_map.boot, 'boot')
 
 
+class MountAdditional(Task):
+    description = 'Mounting additional partitions'
+    phase = phases.volume_mounting
+    predecessors = [MountRoot]
+
+    @classmethod
+    def run(cls, info):
+        import os
+        from bootstrapvz.base.fs.partitions.unformatted import UnformattedPartition
+
+        def is_additional(partition):
+            return (not isinstance(partition, UnformattedPartition) and
+                    partition.name not in ["boot", "swap", "root"])
+
+        p_map = info.volume.partition_map
+        partitions = p_map.partitions
+        for partition in sorted(
+                filter(is_additional, partitions),
+                key=lambda partition: len(partition.name)):
+            partition = getattr(p_map, partition.name)
+            os.makedirs(os.path.join(info.root, partition.name))
+            if partition.mountopts is None:
+                p_map.root.add_mount(getattr(p_map, partition.name), partition.name)
+            else:
+                p_map.root.add_mount(getattr(p_map, partition.name), partition.name, ['--options'] + partition.mountopts)
+
+
 class MountSpecials(Task):
     description = 'Mounting special block devices'
     phase = phases.os_installation
@@ -165,7 +192,14 @@ class FStab(Task):
     @classmethod
     def run(cls, info):
         import os.path
+        from bootstrapvz.base.fs.partitions.unformatted import UnformattedPartition
+
+        def is_additional(partition):
+            return (not isinstance(partition, UnformattedPartition) and
+                    partition.name not in ["boot", "swap", "root"])
+
         p_map = info.volume.partition_map
+        partitions = p_map.partitions
         mount_points = [{'path': '/',
                          'partition': p_map.root,
                          'dump': '1',
@@ -184,10 +218,21 @@ def run(cls, info):
                                  'pass_num': '0',
                                  })
 
+        for partition in sorted(
+                filter(is_additional, partitions),
+                key=lambda partition: len(partition.name)):
+            mount_points.append({'path': "/" + partition.name,
+                                 'partition': getattr(p_map, partition.name),
+                                 'dump': '1',
+                                 'pass_num': '2',
+                                 })
         fstab_lines = []
         for mount_point in mount_points:
             partition = mount_point['partition']
-            mount_opts = ['defaults']
+            if partition.mountopts is None:
+                mount_opts = ['defaults']
+            else:
+                mount_opts = partition.mountopts
             fstab_lines.append('UUID={uuid} {mountpoint} {filesystem} {mount_opts} {dump} {pass_num}'
                                .format(uuid=partition.get_uuid(),
                                        mountpoint=mount_point['path'],
diff --git a/manifests/README.rst b/manifests/README.rst
index d4dc26079..ce3973c44 100644
--- a/manifests/README.rst
+++ b/manifests/README.rst
@@ -302,17 +302,29 @@ boot, root and swap.
    -  ``{fs}``: The filesystem of the partition.
    -  ``{device_path}``: The device path of the partition.
    -  ``{size}``: The size of the partition.
+   -  ``{mount_opts}``: Options to mount the partition with. This optional
+      setting overwrites the default option list bootstrap-vz would 
+      normally use to mount the partiton (defaults). The List is specified
+      as a string array where each option/argument is an item in that array.
+      ``optional`` Here some examples:
+   -  ``nodev``
+   -  ``nosuid``
+   -  ``noexec``
+   -  ``journal_ioprio=3``
 
    The default command used by boostrap-vz is
    ``['mkfs.{fs}', '{device_path}']``.
 
-   -  ``boot``: Configuration of the boot partition. The three
-      settings equal those of the root partition.
+   -  ``boot``: Configuration of the boot partition. All settings equal 
+      those of the root partition.
       ``optional``
    -  ``swap``: Configuration of the swap partition. Since the swap
       partition has its own filesystem you can only specify the size for
       this partition.
       ``optional``
+   -  ``additional_path``: Configuration of additional partitions. (e.g. /var/tmp)
+      All settings equal those of the root partition.
+
 
 Example:
 
diff --git a/manifests/examples/kvm/stretch-virtio-partitions.yml b/manifests/examples/kvm/stretch-virtio-partitions.yml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..49330cf98
--- /dev/null
+++ b/manifests/examples/kvm/stretch-virtio-partitions.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+---
+name: debian-{system.release}-{system.architecture}-{%Y}{%m}{%d}
+provider:
+  name: kvm
+  virtio_modules:
+  - virtio_pci
+  - virtio_blk
+bootstrapper:
+  workspace: /target
+system:
+  release: stretch
+  architecture: amd64
+  bootloader: grub
+  charmap: UTF-8
+  locale: en_US
+  timezone: UTC
+volume:
+  backing: raw
+  partitions:
+    type: gpt
+    boot:
+      filesystem: ext2
+      size: 1GiB
+    swap:
+      size: 128MiB
+    root:
+      filesystem: ext4
+      size: 8GiB
+    tmp:
+      mountopts:
+        - nodev
+        - noexec
+        - nosuid
+        - journal_ioprio=3
+      filesystem: ext4
+      size: 1GiB
+    var:
+      filesystem: ext4
+      size: 1GiB
+    var/tmp:
+      filesystem: ext4
+      size: 1GiB
+
+plugins:
+  root_password:
+    password: test